Mapping attenuation beneath North America using waveform cross-correlation and cluster analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Lawrence, Jesse F ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^a   Masters, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC RELAXATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAPPING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MAPPING ATTENUATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVEFORM CLUSTER ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM CROSS-CORRELATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANELASTICITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646851935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025813     Document Type: Article

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